World’s Weirdest: Flounder is Master of Disguise

Flounder. The very word makes the fish seem helpless and confused. And that's just what they want you to think.

Their thin bodies and camouflaged scales help them look like the seabed.

Once within range, they strike with sudden speed.

This is a shrimp, AKA, dinner.

The flounder hides under a thin covering of sand. Only its eyes peek out.

Strangely enough, when a flounder is born, its eyes are on either side of its body. As it matures, one eye migrates to the other side...giving it the characteristic flat shape that allows it to hide so well.